A trip to Haedong Yonggungsa Temple - Busan
Trip to Haedong Yonggungsa Temple - Busan (해동 용궁사) In this winter vacation, I went on a 3days 2nights trip to Busan. In my day-2 I visited Haeundae beach, Sea Aquarium, Haedong Yonggungsa and Gwangalli beach. Here I will write about my trip to Haedong Yonggungsa temple. Check my other posts to know about the places. This popular Buddhist temple is located at Gijang-gun, Busan. As we know, Busan is the 2nd largest city of South Korea and has a lot of tourist attractions. This is a religious place yet one of the main tourist attractions in Busan. This temple was built by the Buddhist teacher named Naong from the old Goryeo dynasty in the 13th century. It was called Bomun Temple (보문사). But destroyed during the Japanese invasion. Then it had been rebuilt in the year 1930 and named as Haedong Yonggungsa in 1974. This temple is in the north-east Busan and connected to the Haeundae beach. It is a rare finding of a temple along the seashore line as most temples in K...